Experience and dedication:
Inger Marie waited for many years before she ventured upon a solo career, but she has ample experience from many years’ activities in the music field. For twenty years she has been active as vocalist in several bands, ranging from a youthful rock band to a six year period as lead singer of a jazz big band. She has also fronted her own jazz quintet ”My Favoite Strings”, as well as collaborating with several excellent jazz musicans, among them Tom Lund, one of Norway’s finest latin jazz-guitarists, founder of the renowned group ”Trio de Janeiro”.
Recording debut:
Having thus gathered a lot of experience and ”paid her dues”, Inger Marie finally decided to enter the studio to record her debut solo CD ”Make This Moment”. The time was right. Years of singing had matured her voice into an instrument of impressive sensitivity and perfection. Producer Lars Martin Myhre, himself a brilliant musician and a major artist in Norway, says that never has he got a bigger surprise than the one he got when Inger Marie started singing in the studio. She was displaying a voice so controlled, so beautiful and so personal at her first recording date, that the seasoned producer was left with his mouth open, stunned in admiration of the awareness and the warm and direct communication in her voice.
Make This Moment:
”Make This Moment” was released in Norway in October, 2004, and received rave reviews and instant recognition by jazz affectionados. After some months Inger Maries voice started touching hearts and impressing music lovers in places far from Norway. Japanese record buyers discovered her album, which started selling hundreds, then thousands in Japanese record stores. Record companies in Korea, The Phillipines, Hong Kong, and soon also Japan, licenced the album and launched local releases. Now the album has been released in most of Asia, as well as in Europe, and has touched the hearts and souls of thousands of listeners.
Concerts and TV-shows:
Since the autumn of 2005, Inger Marie and her band have been performing concerts, playing festivals and participated in TV-shows and radio in various locations. Concerts and TV performances in Korea, and performances in Poland and Denmark have been highlights, as well as several succsessful performances at the ”Canal Street” Jazz Festival in her home town, Arendal.
The band:
Inger Marie has been building up a solid relationship built on mutual respect with several musicians from the surprisingly high quality pool of musicans in an around her home town, and has hand piced the musicians for her band. They provide the exquisite backing on her recordings, as well as on stage. A special mention must be made of the fact that the impressive saxophone playing on the album comes from the horn of Øivind G. Stømer, Inger Maries own son. He joined his mother’s band after having played with some of the major musicans and artists in Norway.
By Myself:
On her second album, ”By Myself”, Inger Marie chose to work with the renowned Danish producer Søren Sigumfeldt. They recorded the album in Gothenburg, Sweden, still with Inger Marie’s hand picked local Arendal musicans, but also inviting the Swedish guitar virtuoso Ulf Wakenius to the studio. Other guest performers include Gunnar Halle (trumpet) and Niclas Knudsen (electric guitar). The record has been released in most European countries by the Danish company Sundance, on the Stunt label. The album was first released in Norway by Inger Marie’s original record company, Kultur & spetakkel, and the release was celebrated in grand style with a lavish release concert in Arendal’s Culture House oct/07. "By myself" was very well received among critcs and fans.
ONE
Inger Marie Gundersen Lyrics
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Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
When you got someone to blame?
You say one love, one life
When it's one need in the night
One love, we got to share it
Leaves you baby if you don't care for it
Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you've never had love
And you want me to go without
...
Well it's too late, tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We're one, but we're not the same
We"we got to carry each other
...
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to rais the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your hand
...
Did I ask too much?
More than a lot?
You gave me nothin, now that is all that I've got
We're one, but we're not the same
Well we hurt each other, then we do it again
...
You say love is a temple
Love is a higher law
Love is a temple
Love is the higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can't be holding on to what you've got
When all you got is hurt
...
One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters and my brothers
One life
But we're not the same
One life
But we're not the same
The End
The song “One” by Inger Marie Gundersen has powerful lyrics that describe a relationship that is struggling to survive. The first stanza of the song deals with the complexities of a troubled relationship. The singer questions whether the relationship is improving or if it is still the same. She asks if placing blame makes things easier, and if having someone to blame is a good or bad thing. The singer then talks about how one person's love can be a shared experience or a solitary one. She expresses that love can leave one feeling abandoned and hurt if it is not nurtured.
In the second stanza, the singer talks about past mistakes and misunderstandings that must be resolved. She speculates that her actions may have disappointed her partner, and that he or she may want her to suffer in return. The singer wonders if her partner wants her to suffer because he or she has never known love, and is jealous of her ability to experience it. She realizes that the past is the past, and that it is futile to drag it out into the present. She acknowledges that she and her partner are alike in some ways but also very different. Despite this, they must work together and support one another.
The third stanza is all about love as a higher power. The singer notes that love can take many forms, but at its core it is a powerful and transformative force. She talks about how love can be a temple, a higher law, and a transformative experience. She notes that love can both lift us up and bring us down. She struggles with her own feelings of hurt and abandonment, but ultimately recognizes that love is the only way to heal the wounds of the past and move forward.
Line by Line Meaning
Is it getting better?
Are things improving?
Or do you feel the same?
Or do you feel no change?
Will it make it easier on you now?
Will having someone to blame make it easier for you?
When you got someone to blame?
When you have someone else to blame?
You say one love, one life
You say we should love and live life to the fullest
When it's one need in the night
When what we really need is companionship and love
One love, we got to share it
We need to share our love with others
Leaves you baby if you don't care for it
Love will abandon you if you don't nurture it
Did I disappoint you?
Did I let you down?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
Or did I do something unpleasant?
You act like you've never had love
You act like you've never experienced love
And you want me to go without
And you want me to go without love
Well, it's too late, tonight
It's too late to dwell on the past, tonight
To drag the past out into the light
To bring the past to the surface
We're one, but we're not the same
We may be similar but we are not identical
We've got to carry each other
We need to support each other
Have you come here for forgiveness?
Did you come here to seek forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Did you come to revive the deceased?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
Did you come here to perform miracles like Jesus did?
To the lepers in your hand
To the outcasts at your mercy
Did I ask too much?
Did I make unreasonable demands?
More than a lot?
More than what was necessary?
You gave me nothin', now it's all I got
You gave me nothing, and now I have nothing
We're one, but we're not the same
We are united but not identical
Well we hurt each other, then we do it again
We hurt each other, but then we repeat the cycle
You say love is a temple
You say love is sacred
Love, a higher law
Love is a divine principle
Love is a temple
Love is sacred
Love, the higher law
Love is a divine principle
You ask me to enter
You ask me to join you
But then you make me crawl
But then you humiliate me
And I can't keep holding on
And I can't continue to hold on to
To what you've got when all you've got is hurt
To what you have, which is only pain
One love
One love for all
One blood
We are all connected by our blood
One life
We only have one life to live
You got to do what you should
You must do what is right
One life with each other
We should live our lives together
Sisters and my brothers
Like family
One life, but we're not the same
We are united but not identical
One life, but we're not the same
We are united but not identical
Writer(s): Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen, Bono, Dave Evans, Paul David Hewson
Contributed by Lincoln B. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Eli Cassiano
q timbre lindo
Volons Lune
this music steals my soul everyday!
MyAroi
Voice tone ! Wonderful .
Evi Rose
I love her. She is from another planet ❤❤❤😍😍😍
Magni
I agree with Vidar Larsen. The best track ever.
Vidar Larsen
I love you Inger Marie.
STP d.o.o. Croatia
Niceee